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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 203

Five Injured in Head-on Collision Melbourne, Tuesday

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 5

A head-on collision occurred between two cars late last night near Tallarook. Five people were injured. Arthur Gerrard, driver, shock: Miss…

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Drowned at Picnic

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 11

LITHGOW, Wednesday. -- Kenneth Walsh, aged 15 years, was drowned in Piper's Flat dam to-day. He was at a picnic, and when swimming…

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Children Drowned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 14

Mary Frances Ross, 11, who was bathing with three other children in Deep Creek, Lancefield, to-day, slipped into deep water and was drowned. The body was recovered…

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Portland Boy Drowned Portland

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 9

Kenneth Walsh, 15, son of D. Walsh a Portland tailor, was drowned while swimming in a dam at Piper's Flat to-day. The lad, who could swim very…

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Flood Victim Q'land Drowning Brisbane

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 12

Richard Brett, 24, laborer, was drowned when his horse plunged into the flooded Pioncer River near Maranl. Cyclonic conditions and torrential rains on the…

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Racehorse Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 17

While exercising on the roads at Caulfield a day or two ago the Sydney mare Credit was kicked above the knee, and received a bad cut. Credit…

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Cyclist Injured by Hitrun Motorist

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 1

After striking Henry Jenkins. 19, of Oakville Road, Willoughby, who was riding a motor cycle, alog Lane Cove Road, Gordon, last night, a car…

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Collision Appeal Orient Company Wins London

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 13

THE Court of Appeal has allowed the Orient S.N. Co's appeal against Mr. Justice Hill's judgment, that the Otranto and the Kitano Maru were…

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Motor Car Destroyed by Fire After Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 16

The vehicle came into violent collision with a motor lorry at the intersection of McEvoy and Bowden streets, Alexandria, yesterday afternoon, was flung on the kerb, and burst into flames. One occupant was seriously injured, and the other severely burned…

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Boy Drowned While Father Slept Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 7

How his six-year-old son, James Francis Joseph Wood, after a swimming lesson at West St. Kilda Beach, wandered into the sea, and was…

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'Plane Crashes. One Man Killed and Another Injured. Accident in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 13

An aeroplane accident involving the death of one well-known resident of Miles, and serious injury to another, occurred at the property of Herbert Rayner, Warrawee,…

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Constable Injured Thursday Is. Attack Cairns

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 11

INSPECTOR COMAN, of Cairns has been advised from Thursday Island that Constable Stevens was investigating an alleged assault upon a Japanese, when…

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Girl's Hair Caught in Pulley Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Katie Thorpe (17), had her shingled hair caught by a revolving…

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In Surf Rescuer Is Drowned Girl Saved Tragedy at Tamarama

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 11

In a heavy sea at Tamarama Bay this afternoon a man who tried to rescue a girl was drowned. The girl was rescued by a…

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Midnight Smash One Dead, Two Injured Orange

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 18

Shortly before midnight a car driven by Mr. Frederick Agland, 61, of Lucknow, overturned on the Bathurst-road near Wolaroi College…

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Miss Winter Injured Fractures Ankle When Trying for Record

Referee · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 15

After Rosa Winter (M.S. Wales) had won the women's high jump championship of Australia with a brilliant jump of 4ft 10½, in attempting a…

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Derailment. Probable Cause. Catch Points Left Open. Injured Porter's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 13

As a result of investigations made yesterday it is believed that the tragic train derailment on the Blue Mountains line near Warrimoo on Monday night was due to the runaway…

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Four Injured When Car Overturns Smash on Bathurst Rd. Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 5

A car skidded on loose metal on the Blayney-Bathurst Road to-day, and overturned. Charles Houghton 28, single…

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100 Injured at Allahabad Religious Sect Storm Police Station CALCUTTA

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

The huge fair at Allahabad had its first real trouble yesterday, when 100 persons were injured. Five thousand semi-nude Saddhus…

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Mining Accident. Men Entombed in Queensland Colliery

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

A fall of earth in the ?Aberdare colliery at Blackstone, hear Ipswich (Q.), last Friday morning resulted in four men being entombed. One man, named A. Stephen…

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